Word list
Read or download the sublists 1 & 2 from the Academic Word List. If you are unsure of the meaning of any of the words, look them up in a dictionary and find examples of how they can be used in academic writing.
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- word meaning
- grammatical word form
- collocation (words that typically pair with the target word)
- spelling
Most common form |
Other words in the family |
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analysis |
analyse, analysed, analyser, analysers, analyses, analysing, analyst, analysts, analytic, analytical, analytically |
approach |
approachable, approached, approaches, approaching, unapproachable |
area |
areas |
assessment |
assess, assessable, assessed, assesses, assessing, assessments, reassess, reassessed, reassessing, reassessment, unassessed |
assume |
assumed, assumes, assuming, assumption, assumptions |
authority |
authoritative, authorities |
available |
availability, unavailable |
benefit |
beneficial, beneficiary, beneficiaries, benefited, benefiting, benefits |
concept |
conception, concepts, conceptual, conceptualisation, conceptualise, conceptualised, conceptualises, conceptualising, conceptually |
consistent |
consist, consisted, consistency, consistently, consisting, consists, inconsistencies, inconsistency, inconsistent |
constitutional |
constituencies, constituency, constituent, constituents, constitute, constituted, constitutes, constituting, constitution, constitutions, constitutionally, constitutive, unconstitutional |
context |
contexts, contextual, contextualise, contextualised, contextualising decontextualised, uncontextualised |
contract |
contracted, contracting, contractor, contractors, contracts |
create |
created, creates, creating, creation, creations, creative, creatively, creativity, creator, creators, recreate, recreated, recreates, recreating |
data |
- |
definition |
definable, define, defined, defines, defining, definitions, redefine, redefined, redefines, redefining, undefined |
derived |
derivation, derivations, derivative, derivatives, derive, derives, deriving |
distribution |
distribute, distributed, distributing, distributional, distributions, distributive, distributor, distributors, redistribute, redistributed, redistributes, redistributing, redistribution |
economic |
economical, economically, economics, economies, economist, economists, economy, uneconomical |
environment |
environmental, environmentalist, environmentalists, environmentally, environments |
established |
disestablish, disestablished, disestablishes, disestablishing, disestablishment, establish, establishes, establishing, establishment, establishments |
estimate |
estimated, estimates, estimating, estimation, estimations, over-estimate, overestimate, overestimated, overestimates, overestimating, underestimate, underestimated, underestimates, underestimating |
evidence |
evidenced, evident, evidential, evidently |
export |
exported, exporter, exporters, exporting, exports |
factors |
factor, factored, factoring |
financial |
finance, financed, finances, financially, financier, financiers, financing |
formula |
formulae, formulas, formulate, formulated, formulating, formulation, formulations, reformulate, reformulated, reformulating, reformulation, reformulations |
function |
functional, functionally, functioned, functioning, functions |
identified |
identifiable, identification, identifies, identify, identifying, identities, identity, unidentifiable |
Most common form |
Other words in the family |
income |
incomes |
indicate |
indicated, indicates, indicating, indication, indications, indicative, indicator, indicators |
individual |
individualised, individuality, individualism, individualist, individualists, individualistic, individually, individuals |
interpretation |
interpret, interpretations, interpretative, interpreted, interpreting, interpretive, interprets misinterpret, misinterpretation, misinterpretations, misinterpreted, misinterpreting, misinterprets, reinterpret, reinterpreted, reinterprets, reinterpreting, reinterpretation, reinterpretations |
involved |
involve, involvement, involves, involving, uninvolved |
issues |
issue, issued, issuing |
labour |
laboured, labouring, labours |
legal |
illegal, illegality, illegally, legality, legally |
legislation |
legislate, legislated, legislates, legislating, legislative, legislator, legislators, legislature |
major |
majorities, majority |
method |
methodical, methodological, methodologies, methodology, methods |
occur |
occurred, occurrence, occurrences, occurring, occurs reoccur, reoccurred, reoccurring, reoccurs |
percent |
per cent, percentage, percentages |
period |
periodic, periodical, periodically, periodicals, periods |
policy |
policies |
principle |
principled, principles, unprincipled |
procedure |
procedural, procedures, proceed, proceeded, proceeding, proceedings, proceeds |
process |
processed, processes, processing |
required |
require, requirement, requirements, requires, requiring |
research |
researched, researcher, researchers, researches, researching |
response |
respond, responded, respondent, respondents, responding, responds, responses, responsive, responsiveness, unresponsive |
role |
roles |
section |
sectioned, sectioning, sections |
sector |
sectors |
significant |
insignificant, insignificantly, significance, significantly, signified, signifies, signify, signifying |
similar |
dissimilar, similarities, similarity, similarly |
source |
sourced, sources, sourcing |
specific |
specifically, specification, specifications, specificity, specifics |
structure |
restructure, restructured, restructures, restructuring, structural, structurally, structured, structures, structuring, unstructured |
theory |
theoretical, theoretically, theories, theorist, theorists |
variables |
invariable, invariably, variability, variable, variably, variance, variant, variants, variation, variations, varied, varies, vary, varying |
Most common form |
Other words in the family |
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achieve |
achievable, achieved, achievement, achievements, achieves, achieving |
acquisition |
acquire, acquired, acquires, acquiring, acquisitions |
administration |
administrate, administratesadministrations, administrative, administratively, administrator, administrators |
affect |
affected, affecting, affective, affectively, affects, unaffected |
appropriate |
appropriacy, appropriately, appropriateness, inappropriacy, inappropriate, inappropriately |
aspects |
aspect |
assistance |
assistassistant, assistants, assisted, assisting, assists, unassisted |
categories |
category, categorisation, categorise, categorised, categorises, categorising, categorizing |
chapter |
chapters |
commission |
commissioned, commissioner, commissioners, commissioning, commissions |
community |
communities |
complex |
complexities, complexity |
computer |
compute, computation, computational, computations, computable, computed, computerised, computers, computing |
conclusion |
conclude, concluded, concludes, concluding, conclusions, conclusive, conclusively inconclusive, inconclusively |
conduct |
conducted, conducting, conducts |
consequences |
consequent, consequence, consequently |
construction |
construct, constructed, constructing, constructions, constructive, constructs reconstruct, reconstructed, reconstructing, reconstruction, reconstructs |
consumer |
consume, consumedconsumers, consumes, consuming, consumption |
credit |
credited, crediting, creditor, creditors, credits |
cultural |
cultureculturally, cultured, cultures, uncultured |
design |
designed, designer, designers, designing, designs |
distinction |
distinct, distinctions, distinctive, distinctively, distinctly, indistinct, indistinctly |
elements |
element |
equation |
equate, equated, equates, equating, equations |
evaluation |
evaluate, evaluated, evaluates, evaluating, evaluations, evaluative, re-evaluate, re-evaluated, re-evaluates, re-evaluating, re-evaluation |
features |
feature, featuredfeaturing |
final |
finalise, finalised, finalises, finalising, finality, finally, finals |
focus |
focused, focuses, focusing, refocus, refocused, refocuses, refocusing |
impact |
impacted, impacting, impacts |
injury |
injure, injured, injures, injuries, injuring, uninjured |
institute |
instituted, institutes, instituting, institution, institutional, institutionalise, institutionalised, institutionalises, institutionalising, institutionally, institutions |
investment |
invest, invested, investing, investments, investor, investors, invests reinvest, reinvested, reinvesting, reinvestment, reinvests |
items |
item, itemisation, itemise, itemised, itemises, itemising |
journal |
journals |
maintenance |
maintain, maintained, maintaining, maintains, |
normal |
normalisation, normalise, normalised, normalises, normalising, normality, normally abnormal, abnormally, |
obtained |
obtain, obtainable, obtaining, obtains, unobtainable |
participation |
participate, participant, participants, participated, participates, participating, participatory |
perceived |
perceive, perceives, perceiving, perception, perceptions |
positive |
positively |
potential |
potentially |
previous |
previously |
primary |
primarily |
purchase |
purchased, purchaser, purchasers, purchases, purchasing |
range |
ranged, ranges, ranging |
region |
regional, regionally, regions |
regulations |
regulate, , regulated, regulates, regulating, regulation, regulator, regulators, regulatory, deregulated, deregulates, deregulating, deregulation, unregulated |
relevant |
irrelevance, irrelevant, relevance |
resident |
reside, resided, residence, residential, residents, resides, residing |
resources |
resource, resourced, resourceful, resourcing unresourceful, under-resourced |
restricted |
restrict, restricting, restriction, restrictions, restrictive, restrictively, restricts, unrestricted, unrestrictive |
security |
secure, insecure, insecurities, insecurity, secured, securely, secures, securing, securities |
sought |
seek, seeking, seeks |
select |
selected, selecting, selection, selections, selective, selectively, selector, selectors, selects |
site |
sites |
strategies |
strategy, strategic, strategically, strategist, strategists |
survey |
surveyed, surveying, surveys |
text |
texts, textual |
traditional |
tradition, non-traditional, traditionalist, traditionally, traditions |
transfer |
transferable, transference, transferred, transferring, transfers |
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